Lord: Start with the Pioneer Knight

Arriving at Blue Veil City, Verin bypassed the city and headed northwest towards the Priest Academy.

Landing outside the Priest Academy, he looked inside and saw a group of bald, burly men carrying giant rocks weighing over a thousand pounds for physical training.

Two guards saw the approaching figure and respectfully saluted, "Greetings, Lord."

Verin nodded slightly in response to the two, then his body blurred, passing through the iron gate and heading straight for the Life Church in the center of the Priest Academy.

On the way to the church, passing priests saw Verin's figure and retreated to both sides of the road, bowing their heads to show respect.

"Greetings, Lord."

Seeing the bald priest appearing before him, Verin stopped and asked, "Aden, is your teacher in the church conducting a service?"

"Lord, Teacher went to Blue Veil City to handle an urgent matter and is expected to return to the academy in three hours," the silver-ranked bald young priest replied respectfully upon hearing this.

Seeing this, Verin said, "In that case, I'll wait a while."

The young priest gestured for him to enter, saying, "Lord, please come this way to rest."

Inside the side hall of the Life Church, Verin sat on a soft leather sofa, looking at the furnishings around him, which were very simple and lacked luxury items.

A few minutes later, the young priest returned, placed the tea set on the low table, and made tea using rough techniques.

Looking at the slightly nervous young priest, Verin smiled kindly, indicating that he should not be nervous and treat him as usual.

Verin took the teacup handed over by the young priest, took a sip, and asked, "Aden, I remember you are a native of Blue Veil County."

"Yes, Lord," the young priest replied somewhat restrainedly, "I wanted to join the army back then, but because I didn't have enough talent and was physically weak, I was eventually rejected."

"After returning home to farm for three years, I heard that a Priest Academy had been opened in Blue Veil City, so I came here with a try-it-out attitude, but as expected, I failed."

"However, I came again the second year, but I still failed."

"The third year, I came again…"

Verin asked curiously, "Then was it successful this time?"

The young priest shook his head upon hearing this and said, "Lord, I failed again the third time. Perhaps Teacher felt sorry for me, or perhaps my perseverance moved him, so he allowed me to study in the academy, but I am not considered an official student."

"In the fifth year of studying, one night, Teacher accepted me as a student."

Verin looked at Aden and slowly said, "An ordinary and arduous learning process."

Aden closed his eyes, lowered his head slightly, and said his most honest thoughts, "Teacher treats me like his own son. I want to serve him with my life to repay his kindness to me."

Looking at the ordinary life priest in front of him, Verin saw the shadow of Priest Lavia in him.

The two sat facing each other, exchanging some daily topics.

Unconsciously, time passed quietly.

"Aden, I'm back."

The door of the side hall was pushed open, and a familiar voice came.

Seeing this, the young priest quickly stood up, apologized to Verin, and then walked towards his teacher's location, took the priest's staff from his hand, and asked with concern, "Teacher, how was the matter in Galoda Village handled?"

"It's all resolved." Lavia took off his blood-stained priest's robe, handed it to his student, and said with a smile, "The two Black Moon Werewolves who strayed into this area have been completely killed by your teacher, and the villagers infected with the Black Moon Virus have also been rescued."

"By the way, it's midnight, why are you…"

Before he could finish speaking, Lavia saw Verin sitting aside, walked over quickly, placed his right hand on his chest, and was about to salute when he felt a gentle force stopping him.

"Priest Lavia, no need to be so polite."

Lavia straightened up and said, "Lord, long time no see."

"Let's sit down and chat slowly." Verin pointed to the soft leather sofa opposite him and said with a smile.

Seeing this, Lavia did not stand on ceremony, sat down directly, picked up the teacup in front of him, drank it all in one gulp, and then said, "Lord, is there any business you need me to handle by coming late at night?"

Verin looked at Lavia and said, "This matter is not urgent. I want to ask, are Black Moon Werewolves appearing very frequently recently?"

According to the report submitted by Baird, about half a month ago, traces of Black Moon Werewolves appeared in Praying Star Territory, but they were quickly suppressed. Except for a few civilians who were injured, no other incidents occurred.

Seeing this, Verin didn't take it to heart.

He is the lord and only needs to control the overall situation. As for controlling all aspects of the territory, if the territory is small, that is still possible. Now, the Praying Star Territory has an area of nearly 90,000 square kilometers and a population of two million, so it is impossible to spend energy on this kind of small matter that has already been resolved.

"Lord, Black Moon Werewolves are not to be feared. What needs to be guarded against is the Black Moon Virus. This virus can infect other creatures into Black Moon Servants for the Black Moon Werewolves to drive. Once completely infected, there is no possibility of redemption."

"However, Black Moon Servants also have weaknesses, that is, they cannot stand in the sun for a long time, otherwise they will be burned to death by the flames."

"It's just that I'm a little puzzled as to why these creatures living in the shadow world would come to the real world, and why they would appear in Praying Star Territory, which is very puzzling."

Verin said in a low voice upon hearing this, "I may know the reason."

Priest Lavia looked at Verin quietly, waiting for instructions.

"Priest Lavia, tomorrow I will order the local governors to fully cooperate with you in identifying Black Moon Servants and Black Moon Werewolves, and either expel or kill these creatures who have come from the shadow world."

"I respectfully obey your order." Lavia replied respectfully.

Seeing this, Verin didn't waste any more words and told all the matters related to the Greedy God Sect.

"Lord, I will report this matter to the church tomorrow. If the clergy of the Greedy God Sect dares to attack you, the church will definitely make them pay the price."